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Arizona Solar Summit, Spring 2012: Breaking through the Barriers to a Solar Future in the Southwest
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

The Spring 2012 Arizona Solar Summit took place March 26-27, 2012 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort. Participants included a wide-range of panelists and speakers from a variety of Southwestern states. The goal of this year’s summit was to explore the current barriers in solar expansion and identify the challenges acting as inhibitors to a solar build-out. Panel discussions focused specifically on the way state actors and federal agencies could work together in solar development in the Southwest.

ASU’s Power Parasol: Cutting-Edge Solar Structure Implements Energy and Shade to Lot 59
Thursday, May 10, 2012

The massive Lot 59 parking area, located between Sun Devil and Packard stadium, was notorious for being one of the most sweltering parking lots on ASU’s Tempe campus. Although being one of the more affordable ASU parking lots, the lack of shade and distance from campus made students dread the arrival to their car that had beyond question absorbed heat by roasting in the sun.